SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
SCHEDULE 13G
 
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No.  )*
 

North Atlantic Acquisition Corporation

(Name of Issuer)
 

Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)
 

G66139109

(CUSIP Number)
 

December 31, 2022

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
 
 
Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:
 
x Rule 13d-1(b)
¨ Rule 13d-1(c)
¨ Rule 13d-1(d)
 
(Page 1 of 6 Pages)

 

______________________________

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

CUSIP No. G6613910913GPage 2 of 6 Pages

 

1

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON

Marshall Wace LLP

2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a) ¨

(b) x

3 SEC USE ONLY
4

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

England

NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED BY
EACH
REPORTING
PERSON WITH:		 5

SOLE VOTING POWER

0

6

SHARED VOTING POWER

2,106,129

7

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

0

8

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

2,106,129

9

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

2,106,129

10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES ¨
11

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

5.55%

12

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

IA, PN

         

 

 

 

 

CUSIP No. G6613910913GPage 3 of 6 Pages

 

 

Item 1(a). NAME OF ISSUER:
   
  The name of the issuer is North Atlantic Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands corporation (the "Company").

 

Item 1(b). ADDRESS OF ISSUER'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES:
   
  The Company's principal executive offices are located at c/o Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, 1345 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Fl., New York, NY 10105.
Item 2(a). NAME OF PERSON FILING:

 

  This statement is filed by:
   
  Marshall Wace LLP, a limited liability partnership formed in England (the "Investment Manager" or, the "Reporting Person"), with respect to the Class A Ordinary Shares (defined in Item 2(d) below) directly held by certain funds and accounts (the "MW Funds") to which it acts as investment manager.
   
  The Investment Manager acts as investment manager to the MW Funds.  The Investment Manager has delegated certain authority for US operations and trading to Marshall Wace North America L.P., an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.  
   
  The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that any of the foregoing persons is, for the purposes of Section 13 of the Act, the beneficial owner of the Class A Ordinary Shares reported herein.

 

Item 2(b). ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS OFFICE OR, IF NONE, RESIDENCE:
   
  The address of the business office of the Investment Manager is George House, 131 Sloane Street, London, SW1X 9AT, UK.

 

Item 2(c). CITIZENSHIP:
   
  The Investment Manager is a limited liability partnership formed in England.

 

Item 2(d). TITLE OF CLASS OF SECURITIES:
   
  Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the "Class A Ordinary Shares").

 

Item 2(e). CUSIP NUMBER:
   
  G66139109

 

 

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Item 3. IF THIS STATEMENT IS FILED PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1(b) OR 13d-2(b) OR (c), CHECK WHETHER THE PERSON FILING IS A:

 

  (a) ¨ Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o);
  (b) ¨ Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
  (c) ¨ Insurance company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c);
  (d) ¨

Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8);

 

  (e) ¨ Investment adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
  (f) ¨

Employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with

Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F);

 

  (g) ¨

Parent holding company or control person in accordance with

Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G);

 

  (h) ¨

Savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813);

 

  (i) ¨

Church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);

 

  (j) x Non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
  (k) ¨ Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K).

 

 

If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please

specify the type of institution: The Investment Manager is an investment manager, authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom which is comparable to the regulatory scheme applicable to the investment advisers covered by Item 3(e) above.

 

Item 4. OWNERSHIP:

 

  The percentages set forth herein are calculated based upon 37,950,000 Class A Ordinary Shares outstanding, as set forth in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Form DEF 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20, 2022.
   
  The information required by Items 4(a) – (c)  is set forth in Rows (5) – (11) of the cover page hereto and is incorporated herein by reference for the Reporting Person.
   
Item 5. OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR LESS OF A CLASS:
   
  If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: o

 

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Item 6. OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN FIVE PERCENT ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON:
   
  See Item 2(a).

 

Item 7. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY:
   
  Not applicable.

 

Item 8. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP:
   
  Not applicable.

 

Item 9. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP:
   
  Not applicable.

 

Item 10. CERTIFICATION:

 

  The Reporting Person hereby makes the following certification:
   
  By signing below the Reporting Person certifies that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, (i) the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect and (ii) the foreign regulatory scheme applicable to the Reporting Person is substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institutions. The Reporting Person also undertakes to furnish to the Commission staff, upon request, information that would otherwise be disclosed in a Schedule 13D.

 

CUSIP No. G6613910913GPage 6 of 6 Pages

 

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of its or his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct
     
DATE: February 14, 2023    
     
MARSHALL WACE LLP    
     
     
By: /s/ Jon May    
Name:  Jon May    
Title:    General Counsel    
     
       

 

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